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Hi,

could anyone please explain what "to give the edge to somebody" means? Take someone's part or so?

Thanks!

B.

Knowing Chinese gives me an edge when I go to Beijing.

This means "gives me an advantage (over my rivals in my field of endeavour)".

Harzer

I'm fairly sure it's from a sport where you are the better player by "having an edge over" your opponent or you concede that they are slightly better "by an edge" so you "give them the edge".

I think that the distance between balls is measured by "edges" in whatever this sport is.